A New Australia House
Niigata Prefecture Honshu Japan – Andrew Burns Architect Year built: 2012 Built Area: 120.0 sqm Photography: Brett Boardman Niigata sits on the edge of the Sea of Japan on the main island of Honshu, some 100 kilometres west of Fukushima. The project was born following the collapse of the original 100 year old Japanese farmhouse […]
The Blob is coming…
Totally Mobile – dmvA Architecten Belgium Built Area: 20 m2 (216 sq ft) Project Year: 2009 Photography: Frederik Vercruysse The Challenge: The client, the principal of Xfactor Agencies, wanted a home office extension designed and built. The local planning authority refused consent despite various submissions covering a range of options. The Solution: […]
Shoffice – Shed and Office Concept
London, UK – Platform 5 Architects What do you do when you have limited space but need to work from home and you still need to have a storage shed. This Platform 5 client specified a ‘shoffice’. The result is, in our opinion, a very attractive, equally functional workspace. Here are the architect’s notes: “Shoffice (shed + […]
Frick Studio and Residence
Austin Texas USA – KRDB Architects We are absolutely comfortable in stating that the future of work is at home, not a central office. Current communication standards already allow millions of people across the globe to avoid the daily commute, simply by ‘logging in’. Here at OBN, our two closest co-workers are some 300 kilometres apart. […]
Green Oak Writer’s Studio
Los Angeles, USA – Bertram Architects Built Area: 18.5m2 (200 sq ft) Designed as a quiet space with minimum distraction for a writer. Furniture is plain and built in to both maximise the available space and avoid distraction. Here are the architect’s notes: “Inspiration for the home office came from the “Russian word пустынь or poustinia (which literally means […]
Red Hill House and Home Office
Brisbane QLD Australia – Bligh Graham Architects Built: 1880 – 2010 The inner-city Brisbane suburb of Red Hill is well named. The soil is certainly red volcanic loam and the area is certainly hilly, In fact, very hilly. Add in that most early Queensland homes were elevated for ventilation and it is now very common […]
Working From Home
When opportunity beckons – Choosing to work from home is a lifestyle choice increasing numbers of us are making. But to transition from a structured workplace to a home office is full of challenges. Among them is the physical location and layout of your chosen work area. Here are a few ideas to get the […]
Tetra-Shed
Tetra-Shed – Tetra-Shed UK Designed by award winning architecture practice Innovation Imperative, tetra shed® is a new modular building system which, as a single module, has been designed to be a modern garden office. A double module layout has also been designed to create a larger office for larger gardens. Clusters of up to six modules have primarily […]